Dancing in general is brutal.
Shouts of combat filled the air deep inside the prisoner compound. Humans and Drogar both practiced fighting against each other in little groups inside each sparring circle. Watching over all of them was Admiral Chase, who was still pondering Retholis’ warning. Next to her was a stern-looking brown
“Who’s lasted longest?” she asked. “Well, you’re up there,” replied the Bladedancer. “A handful of Justicars have reached ten or eleven hours. Severas withstood me for fourteen. I withstood my own master for nearly sixteen.” As Talyss spoke, Eva could feel her stamina filling back up quickly. But
All the guards around the Drogar shouldered their rifles in unison, but kept their barrels pointed low. “Oh, so you’re all alright with keeping a bunch of apes on Taloren?” said the leader. “But it’s not alright for native Drogar to be here?” “Ten seconds.” The guards raised their guns and pointe
The dark room slowly spun around Mack as he lay in a small, unfamiliar bed. Opposite Mack was the only door into the room, and a plain white wall clock hung above it. The clock itself was a blur, and he could barely tell what time it was. But he could hear each second TICK as though it was right ne
His eyes reddened as his tears pooled up. A heavy THUMP beat in his chest, as though his heart fell through. He couldn’t help but grasp at his chest, as though to prove it was still there. “You kept running after me, trying to get me to stop and breathe and look and chill. You gave me so many chanc
“You’ve been here three weeks now,” she replied. “You did a number on your system, but you got through it like a champ. You said things are clearer?” “At least brighter,” he replied. “Well it should mostly be outta your system by now. We’ll run a few more checks today or tomorrow, so we can get yo
Miko’s eyes gleamed as she toyed with a partially dismantled armor. It was laid out on a metal workbench, which was littered with parts and plates of armor, as well as all sorts of tools and gadgets. The armor itself didn’t look too complex. It was covered in a number of scales, some larger, some s
“I believe I’ve increased input detection speed by roughly 8 percent,” she said. “This has also increased output scaling up to 75 percent, from 66.6. I have also introduced a redundancy to the overload circuit for extra protection. But that was a happy accident.” Szereth looked at the device in awe